Film Data for 1948
The Film Daily's Ten Best Pictures of 1948 (Source: The Film Daily 1949 Year Book of Motion Pictures)
Best Actress
Best Foreign Film
Top Grossers of 1948 (Source: Variety, January 5th, 1949)
From the Variety post: "Following are the $1,500,000 (or over) films of 1948. Included are all those pictures which, in the domestic (U.S. and Canada) market earned that much in distributor's rentals, or which have played a sufficient number of dates to make an accurate estimate of what they will bring in. Any film not included, it can thus be assumed, will not earn $1,500,000, except for several pictures which had too few play dates by the year's end on which to base an estimate. They include Warner Bros. "Decision of Christopher Blake" and "Fighter Squadron," 20th-Fox's "Snake Pit," "Cry of the City," and "Wonderful Urge," Metro's "Words and Music," RKO's "Joan of Arc," Universal's "Rogue's Regiment" and "You Gotta Stay Happy," and Selznick's "Portrait of Jennie.""
1. Road to Rio (Par- 1947) $4,500,000
2) Easter Parade (MGM) $4,200,000
3) Red River (UA) $4,150,000
4) The Three Musketeers (MGM) $4,100,000
Johnny Belinda (WB) $4,100,000
6) Cass Timberlane (MGM) $4,050,000
7) Emperor Waltz (Par) $4,000,000
8) Gentlemen's Agreement (20th- 1947) $3,900,000
9) A Date With Judy (MGM) $3,700,000
10) Captain From Castile (20th- 1947) $3,650,000
11) Homecoming (MGM) $3,600,000
12) Sitting Pretty (20th) $3,550,000
13) The Paleface (Par) $3,500,000
State of the Union (MGM) $3,500,000
1) Gentlemen's Agreement (1947)- 278 votes
2) Johnny Belinda- 244 votes
3) I Remember Mama- 242 votes
4) Treasure of the Sierra Madre- 211 votes
5) Hamlet- 203 votes
6) The Naked City- 199 votes
7) Sitting Pretty- 180 votes
8) State of the Union- 173 votes
9) Call Northside 777- 153 votes
10) The Bishop's Wife (1947)- 144 votes
The 1948 Honor Roll
11) Sorry, Wrong Number- 135 votes
12) The Search- 134 votes
13) Rope- 129 votes
14) A Foreign Affair- 115 votes
15) Red River- 110 votes
16) Duel in the Sun (1946)- 105 votes
A Double Life (1947)- 105 votes
Easter Parade- 105 votes
19) Apartment for Peggy- 102 votes
20) Miracle of the Bells- 99 votes
21) Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House- 95 votes
22) Cass Timberlane (1947)- 81 votes
23) Key Largo- 79 votes
24) The Big Clock- 76 votes
25) The Paradine Case (1947)- 75 votes
26) Voice of the Turtle (1947)- 68 votes
27) Green Dolphin Street (1947)- 65 votes
28) The Time of Your Life- 59 votes
29) All My Sons- 58 votes
The Babe Ruth Story- 58 votes
Tap Roots- 58 votes
32) Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)- 54 votes
The Emperor Waltz- 54 votes
The Red Shoes- 54 votes
35) Another Part of the Forest- 53 votes
36) Black Narcissus (1947)- 50 votes
37) Rachel and the Stranger- 48 votes
38) Good Sam- 46 votes
39) The Iron Curtain- 43 votes
40) Captain from Castile (1947)- 39 votes
41) Fort Apache- 37 votes
42) A Date with Judy- 36 votes
43) The Street with No Name- 35 votes
44) Julia Misbehaves- 33 votes
45) The Bride Goes Wild- 27 votes
46) The Bride Goes Wild- 25 votes
47) Unconquered (1947)- 25 votes
48) Golden Earrings (1947)- 23 votes
The Walls of Jericho- 23 votes
50) The Three Musketeers- 22 votes
51) Homecoming- 21 votes
Letter from an Unknown Woman- 21 votes
52) Melody Time- 19 votes
The Mating of Millie- 19 votes
54) Cry of the City- 16 votes
55) Romance on the High Seas- 15 votes
The Loves of Carmen- 15 votes
The Velvet Touch- 15 votes
58) The Fuller Brush Man- 14 votes
Sign of the Ram- 14 votes
Road to Rio (1947)- 14 votes
One Touch of Venus- 14 votes
62) Bill and Coo- 13 votes
Pitfall- 13 votes
64) My Wild Irish Rose (1947)- 12 votes
65) Beyond Glory- 11 votes
Coroner Creek- 11 votes
The Lady Shanghai- 11 votes
68) T-Men (1947)- 10 votes
To the Ends of the Earth- 10 votes
Best Photographed Films of 1947-48
1) Duel in the Sun (1946)- Lee Garmes, Hal Rosson, Ray Rennahan, Charles P. Boyle and Allen Davey
2) The Naked City- William Daniels
3) Black Narcissus (1947)- Jack Cardiff
4) Green Dolphin Street (1947)- George Folsey
5) Great Expectations (1946)- Guy Green
6) Treasure of the Sierra Madre- Ted McCord
7) Captain from Castile (1947)- Charles Clarke and Arthur G. Arling
8) The Fugitive (1947)- Gabriel Figueroa
9) Easter Parade- Harry Stradling
10) Green Grass of Wyoming- Charles Clarke
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)- Charles Lawton, Jr.
The Honor Roll
11) Bill and Coo- Jack Marta
12) A Double Life (1947)- Milton Krasner
13) The Big Clock- John Seitz
14) Forever Amber (1947)- Leon Shamroy
15) Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)- George Barnes
16) The Foxes of Harrow (1947)- Joseph La Shelle
Filmdom's Famous Fives of 1947-48
Best Performances by Male Stars
1) Ronald Colman in A Double Life (1947)
2) Clifton Webb in Sitting Pretty
3) Gregory Peck in Gentlemen's Agreement (1947)
4) Spencer Tracy in State of the Union
5) Cary Grant in The Bishop's Wife (1947)
Best Performances by Feminine Stars
1) Irene Dunne in I Remember Mama
2) Ingrid Bergman in Arch of Triumph
3) Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun (1947)
4) Rosalind Russell in Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)
5) Katharine Hepburn in State of the Union
Best Performances by Supporting Actors
1) Walter Huston in Treasure of the Sierra Madre
2) Oscar Homolka in I Remember Mama
3) Richard Widmark in Kiss of Death (1947)
4) Lee J. Cobb in Call Northside 777
5) Charles Winninger in Give My Regards to Broadway
Best Performances by Supporting Actresses
1) Celeste Holm in Gentlemen's Agreement (1947)
2) Elsa Lanchester in The Big Clock
3) Wanda Hendrix in Ride the Pink Horse (1947)
4) Ava Gardner in The Hucksters (1947)
5) Angela Lansbury in State of the Union
Best Performances by Juvenile Actors
1) Anthony Wagner in Great Expectations (1946)
2) Dean Stockwell in Gentlemen's Agreement (1947)
3) Butch Jenkins in The Bride Goes Wild
4) Steve Brown in I Remember Mama
5) Robert Ellis in April Showers
Best Performances by Juvenile Actresses
1) Mona Freeman in Dear Ruth (1947)
2) Natalie Wood in Scudda-Hoo! Scudda-Hay!
3) Margaret O'Brien in The Big City
4) Wanda Hendrix in Welcome Stranger (1947)
5) June Hedin in I Remember Mama
Outstanding Screenplays
1) Gentlemen's Agreement (1947)- Moss Hart
2) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre- John Huston
3) The Naked City- Albert Maltz and Malvin Wald
4) Sitting Pretty- F. Hugh Herbert
5) Call Northside 777- Jerome Cady and Jay Draper
"Finds" of the Year
1) Barbara Bel Geddes- RKO
2) Valli- Selznick
3) Richard Widmark- 20th-Fox
4) Wanda Hendrix- Paramount
5) Jean Peters- 20th-Fox.
New York Film Critics Awards (Winners announced on December 28, 1948. Awards presented on January 21, 1949, at Radio City Music Hall in New York. Sources: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards, 2001 and Donald Lyons, "The Lights of New York," Film Comment, March-April, 1993)
Best Picture
Treasure of the Sierra Madre (won on Ballot VI with 9 votes)
Runner-up: Hamlet (8 votes)
Best Director
John Huston for Treasure of the Sierra Madre (no Ballot or vote numbers mentioned)
Runner-up: Laurence Olivier for Hamlet
Best Actor
Laurence Olivier for Hamlet (won on Ballot VI with 11 votes)
Runner-up: Walter Huston in Treasure of the Sierra Madre (7 votes)
Lyons notes Olivier led Huston 10 votes to 8 on Ballots III-V.
Olivia de Havilland for The Snake Pit (Unanimous Ballot I winner)
Best Foreign Film
Paisan (1946- Italy)
National Board of Review (Voting results announced on December 21, 1948. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards).
Best Film
Paisan (1946- Italy)
Rest of the Top Ten (Listed in order of preference)
Day of Wrath (1943- Danish)
The Search
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Louisiana Story
Hamlet
The Snake Pit
Johnny Belinda
Joan of Arc
The Red Shoes
Best Director
Roberto Rossellini, Paisan (1946)
Best Actor
Walter Huston, Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Best Actress
Olivia de Havilland, The Snake Pit
Best Screenplay
John Huston, Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The British Academy Awards (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).
Best Film:
Best Film:
Hamlet
Best British Film:
The Fallen Idol
Best Documentary:
The Louisiana Story
Best Specialized Film:
Atomic Physics
The Golden Globes (Awards were presented on March 16, 1949 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards).
Best Picture (tie)
Johnny Belinda
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Best Picture Promoting International Understanding
The Search
Best Director
John Huston, Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Best Actor
Laurence Olivier, Hamlet
Best Actress
Jane Wyman, Johnny Belinda
Best Supporting Actor
Walter Huston, Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Best Supporting Actress
Ellen Corby, I Remember Mama
Best Screenplay
Richard Schweizer, The Search
Best Cinematography
Gabriel Figueroa, The Pearl
Best Original Score
Brian Easdale, The Red Shoes
Special Achievement Award
Ivan Jandl, The Search (Best Juvenile)
The Academy Awards (Nominations announced on February 10, 1949. Awards were presented on March 24, 1949 at the Academy Theater in Hollywood. Sources: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards and Mason Wiley and Damien Bona's Inside Oscar). (Winners in bold print).
Best Picture
Hamlet, Rank-Two Cities, U-I (British). Produced by Laurence Olivier.
Johnny Belinda, Warner Bros. Produced by Jerry Wald.
The Red Shoes, Rank-Archers, Eagle-Lion (British). Produced by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
The Snake Pit, 20th Century-Fox, Produced by Anatole Litvak and Robert Bassler.
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Warner Bros. Produced by Henry Blanke.
Best Director
John Huston for Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Warner Bros.).
Anatole Litvak for The Snake Pit (20th Century-Fox).
Jean Negulesco for Johnny Belinda (Warner Bros.).
Laurence Olivier for Hamlet Rank-Two Cities, U-I (British).
Fred Zinnemann for The Search (Praesens Films, MGM)(Swiss).
Best Actor
Lew Ayres in Johnny Belinda (Warner Bros.).
Montgomery Clift in The Search (Praesens Films, MGM)(Swiss).
Dan Dailey in When My Baby Smiles at Me (20th Century-Fox).
Laurence Olivier in Hamlet, Rank-Two Cities, U-I (British).
Clifton Webb in Sitting Pretty (20th Century-Fox).
Best Actress
Ingrid Bergman in Joan of Arc (Sierra Pictures, RKO Radio).
Olivia de Havilland in The Snake Pit (20th Century-Fox).
Irene Dunne in I Remember Mama (RKO Radio).
Barbara Stanwyck in Sorry, Wrong Number (Wallis, Paramount).
Jane Wyman in Johnny Belinda (Warner Bros.).
Best Supporting Actor
Charles Bickford in Johnny Belinda (Warner Bros.).
Jose Ferrer in Joan of Arc (Sierra Pictures, RKO Radio).
Oscar Homolka in I Remember Mama (RKO Radio).
Walter Huston in Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Warner Bros.).
Cecil Kellaway in The Luck of the Irish (20th Century-Fox).
Best Supporting Actress
Barbara Bel Geddes in I Remember Mama (RKO Radio).
Ellen Corby in I Remember Mama (RKO Radio).
Agnes Moorehead in Johnny Belinda (Warner Bros.).
Jean Simmons in Hamlet Rank-Two Cities, U-I (British).
Claire Trevor in Key Largo (Warner Bros.).
Writing- Motion Picture Story
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, RKO Radio. Sidney Sheldon.
Body and Soul, Enterprise, UA. Abraham Polonsky.
The Louisiana Story, Robert Flaherty, Lopert. Frances Flaherty and Robert Flaherty.
The Naked City, Hellinger, U-I. Malvin Wald.
Red River, Monterey Productions, UA. Borden Chase.
The Red Shoes, Rank-Archers, Eagle-Lion (British). Emeric Pressburger
The Search, (Praesens Films, MGM)(Swiss). Richard Schweizer and David Wechsler.
Best Screenplay
A Foreign Affair, Paramount. Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and Richard L. Breen.
Johnny Belinda, Warner Bros. Irmgard Von Cube and Allen Vincent.
The Search, Praesens Films, MGM)(Swiss). Richard Schweizer and David Wechsler.
The Snake Pit, 20th Century-Fox. Frank Partos and Millen Brand.
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Warner Bros. John Huston.
Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
A Foreign Affair, Paramount. Charles B. Lang, Jr.
I Remember Mama, RKO Radio. Nicholas Musuraca.
Johnny Belinda, Warner Bros. Ted McCord
The Naked City, Hellinger, U-I. William Daniels.
Portrait of Jennie, The Selznick Studio. Joseph August.
Best Cinematography (Color)
Green Grass of Wyoming, 20th Century-Fox. Charles G. Clarke.
Joan of Arc, Sierra Pictures, RKO Radio. Joseph Valentine, William V. Skall and Winton Hoch.
The Loves of Carmen, Beckworth Corporation, Columbia. William Snyder.
The Three Musketeers, MGM. Robert Planck.
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White)
Hamlet, Rank-Two Cities, U-I (British). Roger K. Furse; Carmen Dillon.
Johnny Belinda, Warner Bros. Robert Haas; William Wallace.
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color)
Joan of Arc, Sierra Pictures, RKO Radio. Richard Day; Edwin Casey Roberts and Joseph Kish.
The Red Shoes, Rank-Archers, Eagle-Lion (British). Hein Heckroth; Arthur Lawson.
Best Sound Recording
Johnny Belinda, Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Sound Department.
Moonrise, Marshall Grant Prods., Republic Sound Department.
The Snake Pit, 20th Century-Fox. 20th Century-Fox Sound Department.
Best Song
"Buttons and Bows" (The Paleface, Paramount); Music and Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans.
"For Every Man There's a Woman" (Casbah, Marston, U-I); Music by Harold Arlen. Lyrics by Leo Robin.
"It's Magic" (Romance on the High Seas, Warner Bros.); Music by Jule Styne. Lyrics by Sammy Cahn.
"This is the Moment" (That Lady in Ermine, 20th Century-Fox); Music by Frederick Hollander. Lyrics by Leo Robin.
"The Woody Woodpecker Song" (Wet Blanket Policy, Lantz, UA Cartoon); Music and Lyrics by Ramey Idriss and George Tibbles.
Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Hamlet, Rank-Two Cities, U-I (British). William Walton.
Joan of Arc, Sierra Pictures, RKO Radio. Hugo Friedhofer.
Johnny Belinda, Warner Bros. Max Steiner.
The Red Shoes, Rank-Archers, Eagle-Lion (British). Brian Easdale.
The Snake Pit, 20th Century-Fox. Alfred Newman.
Best Scoring of a Musical Picture
Easter Parade, MGM. Johnny Green and Roger Edens.
The Emperor Waltz, Paramount. Victor Young.
The Pirate, MGM. Lennie Hayton.
Romance on the High Seas, Warner Bros. Ray Heindorf.
When My Baby Smiles at Me, 20th Century-Fox. Alfred Newman.
Best Film Editing
Joan of Arc, Sierra Pictures, RKO Radio. Frank Sullivan.
Johnny Belinda, Warner Bros. David Weisbart.
The Naked City, Hellinger, U-I. Paul Weatherwax.
Red River, Monterey Productions, UA. Christian Nyby.
The Red Shoes, Rank-Archers, Eagle-Lion (British). Reginald Mills.
Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)
B.F.'s Daughter, MGM. Irene.
Hamlet, Rank-Two Cities, U-I (British). Roger K. Furse.
Best Costume Design (Color)
The Emperor Waltz, Paramount. Edith Head and Gile Steele.
Joan of Arc, Sierra Pictures, RKO Radio. Dorothy Jeakins and Karinska.
Best Special Effects
Deep Waters, 20th Century-Fox. Visual: Ralph Hammeras, Fred Sersen and Edward Snyder. Audible: Roger Heman.
Portrait of Jennie, The Selznick Studio. Visual: Paul Eagler, J. McMillan Johnson, Russell Shearman and Clarence Slifer. Audible: Charles Freeman and James G. Stewart.
Best Short Subject Cartoon
The Little Orphan, MGM. Frederick Quimby, producer.
Mickey and the Seal, Walt Disney, RKO Radio (Pluto). Walt Disney, producer.
Mouse Wreckers, Warner Bros. (Looney Tunes). Edward Selzer, producer.
Robin Hoodlum, United Productions of American, Columbia (Fox and Crow). United Productions of America, producer.
Tea for Two Hundred, Walt Disney, RKO Radio (Donald Duck). Walt Disney, producer.
Best Short Subject (One-Reel)
Annie Was a Wonder, MGM (John Nesbitt Passing Parade). Herbert Moulton, producer.
Cinderella Horse, Warner Bros. (Sports Parade). Gordon Hollingshead, producer.
So You Want to Be on the Radio, Warner Bros. (Joe McDoakes). Gordon Hollingshead, producer.
Symphony of a City, 20th Century-Fox (Movietone Specialty). Edmund H. Reek, producer.
You Can't Win, MGM (Pete Smith Specialty) Pete Smith, producer.
Best Short Subject (Two-Reel)
Calgary Stampede, Warner Bros. (Technicolor Special). Gordon Hollingshead, producer.
Going to Blazes, MGM (Special). Herbert Morgan, producer.
Samba-Mania, Paramount (Musical Parade). Harry Grey, producer.
Seal Island, Walt Disney, RKO Radio (True Life Adventure Series). Walt Disney, producer.
Snow Capers, Universal-International (Special Series). Thomas Mead, producer.
Best Documentary Short Subject
Heart to Heart, Fact Film Organization. Herbert Morgan, producer.
Operation Vittles, U.S. Army Air Force.
Toward Independence, U.S. Army.
Best Documentary Feature
The Quiet One, Mayer-Burstyn. Janice Loeb, producer.
The Secret Land, U.S. Navy, MGM. O.O. Dull, producer.
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Jerry Wald.
Special Awards
Monsieur Vincent (1947)(French)- voted by the Academy Board of Governers as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1948 (statuette).
Ivan Jandl for the outstanding juvenile performance of 1948 in The Search (miniature statuette).
Sid Grauman, master showman, who raised the standard of exhibition of motion pictures (statuette).
Adolph Zukor, a man who has been called the father of the feature film in America, for his services to the industry over a period of forty years (statuette).
Walter Wanger for distinguished service to the industry in adding to its moral stature in the world community by his production of the picture Joan of Arc (statuette).
Scientific or Technical
Class I (Statuette)
None.
Class II (Plaque)
Victor Cacciallanza, Maurice Ayers and the Paramount Studio Set Construction Department for the development and application of "Paralite," a new lightweight plaster process for set construction.
Nick Kalten, Louis J. Witti and the 20th Century-Fox Studio Mechanical Effects Department for a process of preserving and flame-proofing foliage.
Class III (Citation)
Marty Martin, Jack Lannon, Russell Shearman and the RKO Radio Studio Special Effects Department for the development of a new method of simulating falling snow on motion picture sets.
A.J. Moran and the Warner Bros. Studio Electrical Department for a method of remote control for shutters on motion picture arc lighting equipment.
Screen Directors Guild of America (Quarterly awards given, then a director of the year prize awarded on May 22, 1949 at a dinner ceremony held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and broadcast by local radio station KLAC. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards and Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).
1948/49 Quarterly Awards:
Fred Zinnemann, The Search
Howard Hawks, Red River
Anatole Livak, The Snake Pit
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
Annual Award:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Screen Writers Guild of America (Awards presented June 23, 1949 at the Bel-Air Hotel in Los Angeles. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards). (Winners in bold print).
Best Written Drama
All My Sons, Chester Erskine, based on the play by Arthur Miller.
Another Part of the Forest, Vladimir Pozner, based on the play by Lillian Hellman
Berlin Express, Harold Medford, Curt Siodmak
Call Northside 777, Jerome Cady, Jay Dratler, based on articles by James P. McGuire, adapted by Leonard Hoffman and Quentin Reynolds
Command Decision (1949), William Laidlaw, George Froeschel, based on the play by William Wister Haines
I Remember Mama, DeWitt Bodeen, based on the play by John Van Druten, based on the book Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes
Johnny Belinda, Irmgard von Cube, Allen Vincent, based on the play by Elmer Harris
Key Largo, Richard Brooks, John Huston, based on the play by Maxwell Anderson
The Naked City, Albert Maltz, Malvin Wald
The Snake Pit, Frank Partos, Millen Brand, based on the novel by Mary Jane Ward
Sorry, Wrong Number, Lucille Fletcher, based on her radio play
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, John Huston, based on the novel by N. Traven
Best Written Comedy
Apartment for Peggy, George Seaton, based on a short story by Faith Baldwin
A Foreign Affair, Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Richard Breen, based on a story by David Shaw, adapted by Robert Harari
I Remember Mama, DeWitt Bodeen, based on the play by John Van Druten, based on the book Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes
June Bride, Ranald MacDougall, from the play Feature for June by Eileen Tighe and Graeme Lorimer
The Mating of Millie, Louella MacFarlane, St. Clair McKelway, Adele Comandini
Miss Tatlock's Millions, Charles Brackett, Richard L. Green, based on the play Oh, Brother!, by Jacques Deval
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, Norman Panama, Melvin Frank, based on the novel by Eric Hodgins
No Minor Vices, Arnold Manoff
The Paleface, Edmund Hartmann, Frank Tashlin, Jack Rose
Sitting Pretty, F. Hugh Herbert, based on the novel by Gwen Davenport
Best Written Musical
Easter Parade, Sidney Sheldon, Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett
The Emperor Waltz, Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder
Luxury Liner, Gladys Lehman, Richard Connell, based on the story Daddy Is a Wolf by Ferenc Molnar
On an Island with You, Dorothy Kingsley, Dorothy Cooper, Charles Martin, Hans Wilhelm
That Lady in Ermine, Samson Raphaelson
When My Baby Smies at Me, Lamar Trotti, based on an adaptation by Elizabeth Reinhardt of Burlesque, a play by George Manker Watters and Arthur Hopkins
You Were Meant for Me, Elick Moll, Valentine Davies
Best Screenplay Dealing Most Ably with Problems of the American Scene
All My Sons, Chester Erskine, based on the play by Arthur Miller.
Another Part of the Forest, Vladimir Pozner, based on the play by Lillian Hellman
Apartment for Peggy, George Seaton, based on a short story by Faith Baldwin
Call Northside 777, Jerome Cady, Jay Dratler, based on articles by James P. McGuire, adapted by Leonard Hoffman and Quentin Reynolds
Command Decision (1949), William Laidlaw, George Froeschel, based on the play by William Wister Haines
Cry of the City, Richard Murphy, based on The Choir for Martin Rome, a novel by Henry Edward Helseth
I Remember Mama, DeWitt Bodeen, based on the play by John Van Druten, based on the book Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes
The Louisiana Story, Frances Flaherty, Robert Flaherty
The Naked City, Albert Maltz, Malvin Wald
The Snake Pit, Frank Partos, Millen Brand, based on the novel by Mary Jane Ward
The Street with No Name, Harry Kleiner
Best Written Western
Fort Apache, Frank Nugent, based on the story "Massacre" by James Warner Bellah
Four Faces West, Graham Baker, Teddi Sherman, based on the novel Paso por Aqui by Eugene Manlove Rhodes, as adapted by William and Milarde Brent
Fury at Furnace Creek, Charles G. Booth, Winston Miller, based on the novel Four Men and a Prayer by David Garth
Green Grass of Wyoming, Martin Berkeley, based on the novel by Mary O'Hara
The Man from Colorado, Robert D. Andrews, Ben Maddow, Borden Chase
The Paleface, Edmund Hartmann, Frank Tashlin, Jack Rose
Rachel and the Stranger, Waldo Salt, based on the short story "Rachel" by Howard Fast
Red River, Borden Chase, Charles Schnee
Station West, Frank Fenton, Winston Miller, based on the novel by Luke Short
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, John Huston, based on the novel by N. Traven
Robert Meltzer Award
Frank Partos, Millen Brand, The Snake Pit
Cannes Film Festival (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).
No festival.
Venice Film Festival (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).
Best Film, International Grand Prize:
Hamlet (Laurence Olivier, England)
Best Direction:
G.W. Pabst, Der Prozess (Austria)
Best Actor:
Ernest Deutsch, Der Prozess
Best Actress:
Jean Simmons, Hamlet
Best Documentary:
Goemons (Yannick Bellon, France)
Best Animated Cartoon (ex aequo):
Melody Time (Walt Disney, USA)
Le petit Soldat (Paul Grimault, France)
Best Story and Screenplay
Graham Greene, The Fallen Idol
Best Music:
Max Steiner, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Best Photography:
Desmond Dickinson, Hamlet
Best Scenography:
John Bryan, Oliver Twist
International Prizes:
John Ford, The Fugitive (1947)(for its drama)
Robert Flaherty, Louisiana Story (for its lyrical beauty)
Luchino Visconti, La Terra Trema (for its choral qualities and style)
Best Italian Film:
Sotto il sole di Roma (Renato Castellani)
The New York Times Ten Best List (Listed in chronological order. Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Pearl
The Search
A Foreign Affair
Louisiana Story
Hamlet
Johnny Belinda
Apartment for Peggy
The Red Shoes
The Snake Pit
Time Magazine Ten Best List (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).
List not compiled this year.
From the Variety post: "Following are the $1,500,000 (or over) films of 1948. Included are all those pictures which, in the domestic (U.S. and Canada) market earned that much in distributor's rentals, or which have played a sufficient number of dates to make an accurate estimate of what they will bring in. Any film not included, it can thus be assumed, will not earn $1,500,000, except for several pictures which had too few play dates by the year's end on which to base an estimate. They include Warner Bros. "Decision of Christopher Blake" and "Fighter Squadron," 20th-Fox's "Snake Pit," "Cry of the City," and "Wonderful Urge," Metro's "Words and Music," RKO's "Joan of Arc," Universal's "Rogue's Regiment" and "You Gotta Stay Happy," and Selznick's "Portrait of Jennie.""
1. Road to Rio (Par- 1947) $4,500,000
2) Easter Parade (MGM) $4,200,000
3) Red River (UA) $4,150,000
4) The Three Musketeers (MGM) $4,100,000
Johnny Belinda (WB) $4,100,000
6) Cass Timberlane (MGM) $4,050,000
7) Emperor Waltz (Par) $4,000,000
8) Gentlemen's Agreement (20th- 1947) $3,900,000
9) A Date With Judy (MGM) $3,700,000
10) Captain From Castile (20th- 1947) $3,650,000
11) Homecoming (MGM) $3,600,000
12) Sitting Pretty (20th) $3,550,000
13) The Paleface (Par) $3,500,000
State of the Union (MGM) $3,500,000
15) My Wild Irish Rose (WB) $3,400,000
When My Baby Smiles at Me (20th) $3,400,000
17) Hamlet (Univ) $3,250,000
Key Largo (WB) $3,250,000
17) Hamlet (Univ) $3,250,000
Key Largo (WB) $3,250,000
19) On An Island With You (MGM) $3,150,000
20) The Fuller Brush Man (Col) $3,100,000
21) The Bishop's Wife (RKO- 1947) $3,000,000
Fort Apache (RKO) $3,000,000
23) Good Sam (RKO) $2,950,000
24) I Remember Mama (RKO) $2,900,000
20) The Fuller Brush Man (Col) $3,100,000
21) The Bishop's Wife (RKO- 1947) $3,000,000
Fort Apache (RKO) $3,000,000
23) Good Sam (RKO) $2,950,000
24) I Remember Mama (RKO) $2,900,000
25) Sorry, Wrong Number (Par) $2,850,000
26) Three Daring Daughters (MGM) $2,800,000
27) Apartment for Peggy (20th) $2,750,000
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (RKO) $2,750,000
29) The Bride Goes Wild (MGM) $2,700,000
Call Northside 777 (20th) $2,700,000
31) Julia Misbehaves (MGM) $2,550,000
32) A Foreign Affair (Par) $2,500,000
Good News (MGM- 1947) $2,500,000
Love of Carmen (Col) $2,500,000
Tap Roots (Univ) $2,500,000
Tycoon (RKO- 1947) $2,500,000
37) The Voice of the Turtle (WB- 1947) $2,450,000
38) The Babe Ruth Story (Mono-AA) $2,400,000
Beyond Glory (Par) $2,400,000
Blood on the Moon (RKO) $2,400,000
Killer McCoy (MGM- 1947) $2,400,000
Luxury Liner (MGM) $2,400,000
The Naked City (Univ) $2,400,000
Rachel and the Stranger (RKO) $2,400,000
A Song is Born (RKO) $2,400,000
46) Road House (20th) $2,350,000
The Street with No Name (20th) $2,350,000
Two Guys from Texas (WB) $2,350,000
49) Miss Tatlock's Millions (Par) $2,300,000
50) Treasure of the Sierra Madre (WB) $2,300,000
Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (Univ) $2,250,000
Top Ten Box Office Stars of 1948 (Source: Quigley Publications poll published in the Motion Picture Herald)
1) Bing Crosby
2) Betty Grable
3) Bud Abbott & Lou Costello
3) Bud Abbott & Lou Costello
4) Gary Cooper
5) Bob Hope
6) Humphrey Bogart
7) Clark Gable
8) Cary Grant
9) Spencer Tracy
10) Ingrid Bergman
The Next Fifteen:
11) Esther Williams
12) Gregory Peck
13) Lana Turner
14) Alan Ladd
15) Red Skelton
16) John Wayne
17) Roy Rogers
18) Randolph Scott
19) Rita Hayworth
20) Van Johnson
21) Dennis Morgan
22) Loretta Young
23) Claudette Colbert
24) Irene Dunne
25) James Stewart
The Stars of Tomorrow (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors).
1) Jane Powell
2) Cyd Charisse
3) Ann Blyth
4) Celeste Holm
5) Robert Ryan
6) Angela Lansbury
7) Jean Peters
8) Mona Freeman
9) Eleanor Parker
10) Doris Day
The Top Ten Western Stars of 1948 (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors).
1) Roy Rogers
2) Gene Autry
3) Bill Elliot
4) Gabby Hayes
5) William Boyd
6) Charles Starrett
7) Tim Holt
8) Johnny Mack Brown
9) Smiley Burnette
10) Andy Devine
The Top Ten Box-Offices Stars of 1948 in Britain (according to The Motion Picture Herald).
British Stars:
1) Anna Neagle
2) Margaret Lockwood
3) John Mills
4) Michael Wilding
5) Stewart Granger
6) Michael Denison
7) Jack Warner
8) Googie Withers
9) Patricia Roc
10) James Mason and Dennis Price (tie)
International Stars:
1) Bing Crosby
2) Anna Neagle
3) Margaret Lockwood
4) John Mills
5) Michael Wilding
6) Fredric March
7) Bob Hope
8) Danny Kaye
9) Myrna Loy
10) Gregory Peck
Harvard Lampoon's Movie Worst Awards (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).
Ten Worst Pictures:
Winter Meeting
Homecoming
The Emperor Waltz
The Miracle of the Bells
Beyond Glory
On an Island with You
The Paradine Case (1947)
The Three Musketeers
Arch of Triumph
Sorry, Wrong Number
Worst Performances:
Lana Turner, The Three Musketeers
Burt Lancaster, I Walk Alone
Shirley Temple, Fort Apache
Worst Fraud:
Eleanor Parker as Margaret Sullavan as Sally Middleton, The Voice of the Turtle
Worst Scene:
Ida Lupino sticking out her tongue at Errol Flynn in Escape Me Never
Worst Duo:
Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson alone, together, or in any combination
Worst Deception:
Joan Fontaine as a sixteen-year-old-girl in Letter from an Unknown Woman
Worst Reincarnation:
Jeanette MacDonald, Three Daring Daughters
Worst Title:
That Wonderful Urge
Due for a Pension:
Deanna Durbin
Career up in Smoke:
Robert Mitchum
Most Stonefaced:
Lizabeth Scott
Best of this Year
(Or any Year):
Four Feathers
Actress Most Likely to Drag Down Her Husband's Dubious Rep. as an Actor:
Mrs. Agar
All-Time Worst Hoyden:
Mrs. Agar
Most Nauseating Screen Voice:
Mrs. Agar
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